St. Sebastian Church

The Missionary day for children or Holy Childhood day in some parts of the world is celebrated during the Christmas season and on Epiphany Sunday.

There are a lot of lessons drawn from the day of Epiphany of the Lord. The child Jesus, though a baby shows himself to the whole world as light and source of salvation. Our children though young, are also agents of evangelization and have to be respected, accorded the dignity they deserve, be allowed to serve the Church and be witnesses of the Gospel to the ends of the world.

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Health care in today’s fast paced world is not the fiefdom of only doctors and paramedics but also involves the Church community like priests, nuns and members of the laity. The family physician and Parish Priest can work in tandem to maintain the mental and physical health of the parishioners.

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Introduction:
Elections are a two-way responsibility, both of the electorate as well as of the candidates. We should elect the right people, rather than electing the wrong people and blaming them. In our first few assemblies, we elected respectable persons who enjoyed high credibility. Nowadays, we want to elect people who are at our back and call, to serve our purposes, even if they are illegal.

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Simao: Dev boro dis dium Tadev.

Tadev: Tukai dium Simao titiv.Tum sokallim fuddem khoim gel’lo hea tonddechea disanim?

Simao: Vortomanpotr haddunk gel’lom.Tonddi khoim asa? Ek dis aslear,dusrea disa gorom zata Ani okosmat dov poddta.Tadev: Tem sarkem tujem.Thodde dis fattim,zaitea suatancher paus poddlo mhonn aikolam.

Simao: Oi, hea vorsa barai mhoineanim Goiant pavs poddlo- Janer tem Dezembr mhoineant pavs poddon itihas-so zalo.

Tadev: Hea fuddem anink kitem zait tem Devakuch thavem.Tuzo Natalam Ani Novea Vorsacho somorombh koso zalo titiv? Read more

Mogall firgozkaramno,
Novem voros suru zata mhollear jiv soglloch urben toso bhirantin bhorla.

Fattlim birankull don odik vorsam sorun voita mhollear jivak suuu zata. Sogllem vaitt odruxtt ani dukh pois ghelear puro zata. Hem ietelem novem 2022 voros Devache kurpechem ani borem gheun ailear puro oxem soglleanchea tonddar zata. Novem ani borem il’lem, il’lem zait veta. Lokak sirviseo porot mellunk lagleat. Pidda ani rog unnem zala so dista. Vavr dhondo porot suru zata. Xalla porot ugtteo zaleat ani bhurgim xallek vochunk suru zaleant. Dhormacheo suvato vaprunk sompeponn mell’lam. Ek novo bhorvanso fuddem dixtti poddta.

Novem voros ieta mhollear Goy-ant venchnnukam-cho vavr suru zala. He ani te vatten soglleak nove-nove mon’xancho mott’tto naro aikunk ieta. Mhaka jikun haddlear hanv hem ani tem korun dakoitolom. Goy samballtolom. Goy-karank samballtolom. Funkott hem ani tem ditolom. Tumchea Bank account-ant itle ani title poixe ghaltolom. Sogllem aikun monant ekuch proxnn ieta. Atam sod’deak Bank-ant aslole poixe kiteak unnem zatat kai? Karann January 1ler thaun Bank-ant poixe ghalunk charges lagtat ani Bank-antle poixe kaddunkui charges lagtat. Read more

We are moving into the New Year, 2022 with a lot of hope and expectations and of course full faith in God. May this transition bring lots of happiness to all of us by being able to achieve all our dreams and all the expected results.
After the turbulent, scary and most harrowing times caused by the deadly virus, the entire world is yearning for solace and a healthy turnaround. Looking back at the eventful year gone by, we need to thank God for our own survival till date. So many of our family members and friends have been snatched away from our midst. Due to the enforced restrictions and guidelines, we failed to get even a last glimpse of some of those unfortunate ones. Read more

Continuation……
The “King’’
The ‘King’ in the playing card symbolizes Jesus as the King of Heaven and earth. Christ the King is a title of Jesus in Christianity referring to the idea of the Kingdom of God where Christ is described as seated at the right hand of God. The titles of “Christ” and “king” are not used together in the gospel, but “Christ” is in itself a royal title (i.e. “the anointed [king]”). In the Greek text, Christ is explicitly identified as king several times, so in Matthew 2:2, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?” In John 18, Pilate refers to the implication that Christ is a royal title by inquiring explicitly if Jesus claims to be the “king of the Jews”. Similarly, in John 1:49, a follower addresses Jesus as “the king of Israel”. In the Gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel proclaims to Mary, “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” In the Book of Revelation it is declared that the Lamb is “King of kings, and Lord of lords”. The Feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925. The General Roman Calendar of 1969 moved its observance in the Roman Rite to the last Sunday of Ordinary Time, the final Sunday of the liturgical year, the Sunday prior to the Advent Sunday.

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We have a long-standing tradition in the Church, to begin the New Year with the Feast of Mary, Mother of God. This is not merely an honour but a Dogma of our faith. As we celebrate this feast on the 1st January, the Church calls us all –

(a) To give glory to our heavenly Father for having bestowed on Mary this unparalleled honour;
(b) To honour Mary for this singular blessing – the unique privilege to be the Mother of God;

(c) To follow the Will of God, as did Mary our Mother. The Litany of our Blessed Virgin Mary speaks volumes, yet I add a few thoughts / insights on Mother Mary. Read more

The First Indian Layman to be declared a Saint

Devasahayam Pillai (named Neelakanda Pillai at birth) was born into an affluent Nair-Caste Hindu family at Nattalam in the present day Kanyakumari District, on April 23rd, 1712. His father Vasudevan Namboodiri hailed from Kayamkulam, in the present day Kerala and his mother Devaki Amma hailed from Thiruvattar in Kanyakumari District. In the Nair matrilineal tradition of the day, Devasahayam Pillai was raised by his maternal uncle, and was inculcated with Hindu beliefs and traditions. Pillai was married to Bargavi Ammal. She was persuaded and converted to Christianity by her husband. His wife was given the baptismal name of Gnanapoo Ammal (equivalent to Theresa in Tamil and Malayalam). Read more